that is why i voted to continue the last set of tax cuts because the republicans held middle-class tax cuts hostage to the tax cuts for the wealthy. my fight was to expand the child tax credit. my fight was to create the educational opportunity tax credit that help new jerseyans get their kids educated, and my fight that i lead with a republican colleague was to ensure that more than 2 million new jerseyans don't get hit by the alternative minimum tax in additional tax they should never be subject to. i succeeded working with republican colleagues. >> here are the facts. everybody's tax rates are going to go up in january. that is the plan. that is the schedule. i think i just heard that is what the senator and braces and wants. it's not about millionaires or billionaires. it's about the middle-class. that you supposedly care so much about, because those are the people that work for the small businesses that will be disproportionately impacted. one out of six people in america who work in the private sector will be impacted by these tax rates. the national federation of independent bus